Mish Delish Good Food Blog

I’m a professional food stylist and currently prepping my own series of cookbooks and a cooking show. In my food catering business, Mishka La Mushka, I catered private and corporate functions and events big and small, designed food in hat boxes for the Spring Racing Carnival and created too many themed kids birthday parties to mention. But now I love food styling and sharing my fun food ideas with mums wanting to create restaurant-quality meals at home, for kids and family. So let’s get cooking!

I'm Mish Lilley, a kitchen cook, food stylist and chef prepping a series of cookbooks, a cooking show and this blog. This blog is dedicated to my love of good food styling and good food. It's a cooking site and recipe website designed to help mums and dads create restaurant-quality meals at home for their kids and family. My wide range of recipes cover:

It’s that time of year again, and my days are full. So full, that I haven’t had much time to cook, let alone post recipes.

Starting to think about Christmas treats to give to visitors, I whipped up these muffins this morning. You’ll most likely have all the ingredients on hand (except perhaps the optional gold leaf), so you can pop them in the oven just before guests arrive. There’s nothing more festive than the sweet smell of gingerbread wafting through the house.

Combine the flour, baking powder, bicarb, ginger and cinnamon in a large bowl.

Whisk the egg together with the sugar in a large jug. Add the milk, balsamic and grapeseed oil and treacle and mix well. Add this to the dry mixture and stir until just combined. The mixture will be quite wet and lumpy.

Pour the mixture into the prepared tin. I filled them quite high, as the muffins don’t puff up as much as normal muffins. Bake for 20 minutes or until just cooked through. Brush over a little gold leaf while they are still warm for an extra festive touch.